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Old 21-07-2024, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by alpal View Post
Nice result Mike,
there is always something appealing about a Ha shot -
it always shows great details.

cheers
Allan
I agree and it also conjures up a little nostalgia from the good'ol B&W film days...but much more dynamic range and fine detail, like chalk and cheese

I did do a colour film shot of this nebula back in 1984, using my 8" F7 Newtonian on an Astro Optical Samson equatorial mount complete with their crappy Delrin drive unit, I recall the 40min of eyeball guiding was very straining and almost impossible to keep the guide star on the cross hairs!! The linked photo actually shows the mount upgraded a year later with a beautiful specially imported Thomas Mathis drive, which with good PA, tracked beautifully and was much easier to eyeball guide!

Mike
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